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Scheduled airlines seats to Hawaii between November and January are expected to drop 14.5 percent.

According to the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, 2.2 million seats are scheduled on nonstop flights to Hawaii for the period.

U.S. Mainland flights are expected to decrease 16.8 percent to 1.5 million, led by a 16.5 percent decline in visitors from the U.S. West region. The number of seats from Las Vegas is projected to be down 40.2 percent to 49,632.

The number of seats from California is projected to be down as well. DBEDT expects arrivals from Oakland to be down 76.9 percent to 24,288; Sacramento and San Diego are forecast to be down 39 percent and 61.3 percent, respectively. Los Angeles is projected to be down 6.9 percent to 487,913 seats.

Flights from Anchorage, however, are expected to increase 144 percent, as seasonal service aboard Alaska Airlines has begun payday advance loans.

Flights from the U.S. East are expected to drop 18.6 percent.

Flights from Japan are projected to be down 11.8 percent to 3987,118 seats. Meanwhile, airlines traveling from Sydney and Auckland will have 13 percent fewer seats.

Canada flights are expected to dip 11.1 percent to 86,264 seats.

Air seats to Honolulu, Kahului and Kona are projected down 4.1 percent, 7.5 percent and 0.2 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, Lihue will benefit from a 16.7 percent increase to 27,336 scheduled air seats.

The DBEDT analysis is based on scheduled flights as noted in the Official Airline Guide flight schedules as of October and are subject to change.

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